Botched no-knock raids prompt calls to limit police tactic
The Fifth Estate27 days ago
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Police forces across Canada are conducting hundreds of no-knock raids each year to execute search warrants.2:01
Police forces across Canada are conducting hundreds of no-knock raids each year to execute search warrants despite growing concern about the trampling of charter rights, an investigation by CBC s
The Fifth Estate has found.
These raids, also called dynamic entries, involve heavily armed police barging into a home unannounced. Stun grenades that explode at ear-splitting decibels are often used.
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